Q: Is 31,232,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,232,128 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 31,232,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 31 32 34 62 64 68 124 128 136 248 272 463 496 527 544 926 992 1,054 1,088 1,852 1,984 2,108 2,176 3,704 3,968 4,216 7,408 7,871 8,432 14,353 14,816 15,742 16,864 28,706 29,632 31,484 33,728 57,412 59,264 62,968 67,456 114,824 125,936 229,648 244,001 251,872 459,296 488,002 503,744 918,592 976,004 1,007,488 1,837,184 1,952,008 3,904,016 7,808,032 15,616,064 and 31,232,128, with no remainder.

Since 31,232,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,232,128, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).